Lb cowman biography

Lettie Burd Cowman (March 3, 1870 – April 17, 1960), also known as LB Cowman, was an American writer and author of the devotional books Streams in the Desert.
Born in Toulon, Illinois, Charles Cowman moved with his family to Thayer, Iowa, birthplace of Lettie Burd, when he was two years old.
Biographer Michelle Ule traces how a girl from Iowa grew up to co-found a pioneering mission in Japan which led to 10.2 million gospel tracts left on every.

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Cowman, Charles Elmer (1864-1924) and Lettie [Burd] (1870-1960)

Bibliography

Digital Texts

Cowman, Lettie B. Streams in the Desert. n.p.: n.p., 1925.

_____. Mountain Trailways for Youth. Los Angeles, CA: Cowman Publications, 1947.

Primary

Cowman, Lettie B. (ed.). Streams in the Desert. n.p.; Grand Rapids: n.p.; Zondervan, 1925; 2008.

_____. Charles E. Cowman: Missionary Warrior. Los Angeles, CA: Oriental Missionary Society, 1928.

_____. Consolation. Los Angeles, CA: The Oriental Missionary Society, 1932.

_____. Mountain Trailways for Youth. Los Angeles, CA: Cowman Publications, 1947.

_____. Traveling Toward Sunrise. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, [1952].

_____. Springs in the Valley. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, [1953].

_____. Harvest Secrets, Etc. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, 1956.

Kilbourne, E.A. The Great Commission. Third edition. Tokyo: Oriental Missionary Society, 1913.

Secondary

Choi, Meesaeng Lee

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Born MARCH 3, 1870

Lettie Cowman [PD-1923]

For more than 100 years, Lettie Cowman has encouraged millions of people needing God’s help. As a missionary with her husband Charles, she spread the gospel in the Orient. Later as a widow and best selling-devotional author, Lettie inspired readers around the world. Her book Streams in the Desert (1925) continues to sell extremely well.

FROM IOWA TO TOKYO

She was born Lettie Burd, in the town of Afton, Iowa. In 1889, she and telegraph operator Charles Cowman married in the town of Afton. They eventually moved to Chicago. There, they both developed a personal faith in Jesus Christ and grew as believers.

Moody Bible Institute
[PD-USA]

In 1894, Charles and Lettie attended a missions convention at the Moody Church in Chicago. The keynote speaker, A. B. Simpson (founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church), gave a strong appeal for new missionaries. The Cowmans stood as a couple willing to serve God on a foreign field. Charles enrolled in classes at Moody Bible Institute.

Following their training, the young coupl

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Lettie Burd Cowman was born on March 3, 1870, in Afton, Iowa to Isaac and Margaret Burd. She met her future husband, Charles Cowman, a young telegraph operator at the age of 13. Six years later, on June 8, 1889, they were married. Charles was also one of the co-founders of The Oriental Missionary Society. Lettie and Charles lived in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, for the first year of their marriage. After living there for a year, the high altitude of the Rocky Mountains caused Lettie to become very ill. They were forced to move back to Chicago, where they lived for the next 10 years. While there,

The Cowmans left the United States to work as missionaries in Japan on February 1, 1901, where they worked with Juji Nakada, a friend they met at their church in Chicago. In 1902. Soon after Ernest Kilbourne, a friend from work at the telegraph office joined them to help with the growing ministry. That same year Kilbourne started a monthly publication called Electric Messages. And that is when Lettie started writing and submitting monthly reports of the work being accomplished.